EP2813967B1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zur verwaltung digitaler urheberrechte für epub-basierte inhalte sowie vorrichtung und verfahren zur bereitstellung von epub-basierten inhalten je nach benutzerautorität - Google Patents

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EP2813967B1
EP2813967B1 EP12868077.4A EP12868077A EP2813967B1 EP 2813967 B1 EP2813967 B1 EP 2813967B1 EP 12868077 A EP12868077 A EP 12868077A EP 2813967 B1 EP2813967 B1 EP 2813967B1
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for managing digital copyright on electronic publication (EPUB)-based content and an apparatus and method for providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling a user's access to content created to conform to an EPUB standard according to the user's right.
  • EPUB digital copyright on electronic publication
  • EPUB Electronic publication
  • IDPF International Digital Publishing Forum
  • the specifications of EPUB include three definitions of open publication structure (OPS) 2.0, open packaging format (OPF) 2.0, and open e-book publication structure (OEBPS) container format (OCF) 2.0.
  • OPS is the uppermost-level definition of the EPUB format, and includes the definition of a modularization specification of EPUB content, the definition of a style sheet, the definition of limited use of extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML) or extensible markup language (XML), and so on.
  • the OPF defines metadata generated in the OCF according to an OCF standard, an order of reading, and a mechanism for an information-searching operation, and the OCF specifies the general definition of a container technology of EPUB content.
  • EPUB-based content is in the form of a single file having the extension ".epub," and several components (directories and files) are compressed into the single file by a compression mechanism.
  • the root of an EPUB file includes a "mimetype.xml" file, a META-INF directory, and an OEBPS directory.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an OEBPS directory structure of an EPUB file.
  • the OCF defines that content to be actually read by users is located in an OEBPS directory in the form of an XHTML file.
  • the OPF is embodied as a "content.opf" file in the OEBPS directory.
  • the "content.opf" file includes metadata, the order of files containing content to be read by a user, a style to be presented, and navigational information that can be used by a device, such as an EPUB reader, or an application program.
  • IDPF digital rights management of content provided in the form of an e-book, such as EPUB-based content
  • IDPF has no standard enforcing DRM of EPUB-based content but has recommendations based on XML security standards of the world wide web consortium (W3C).
  • W3C world wide web consortium
  • An existing EPUB copyright protection system employs a method of encrypting a whole .epub file using one encryption key or separately encrypting components of an .epub file using one encryption key. Therefore, it is impossible to provide content in stages according to access rights.
  • Korean Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2003-0097465 discloses a DRM system that makes it possible to encrypt digital content using an encryption key and decrypt the digital content by getting a license
  • US Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2010-0088746 discloses a system that maintains security by displaying only parts of a document according to access rights to confidential documents.
  • all the existing technologies provide only security methods for general digital content and are irrelevant to a copyright protection algorithm for EPUB content.
  • US 2003/041253 refers to a recording apparatus for an SD memory card that has a plurality of EPUBxxx.KEY files recorded thereon, each file having a plurality of Key&Rule Entry areas, and an SD_EPUB.MMG file being read from the recording medium prior to the writing of data.
  • a bitmap in SD_EPUB.MMG shows for each EPUBxxx.KEY file whether the EPUBxxx.KEY file has at least one Key&Rule Entry area not in use, or whether all the Key&Rule Entry areas are in use.
  • the recording apparatus opens EPUB#u.KEY having an unused Key&Rule Entry area and writes data into the unused Key&Rule Entry area in the file. If all the Key&Rule Entry areas in EPUB#u.KEY become in use as a result of the writing of the data, the recording apparatus updates the bitmap in SD_EPUB.MMG.
  • the present invention is directed to providing an apparatus and method for managing digital copyright on electronic publication (EPUB)-based content which can encrypt EPUB-based content according to an EPUB standard set up by International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) and provide the content in stages according to users' access rights.
  • EPUB digital copyright on electronic publication
  • IDPF International Digital Publishing Forum
  • the present invention is also directed to providing a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for instructing a computer to execute a method of managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content which can encrypt EPUB-based content according to an EPUB standard set up by IDPF and provide the content in stages according to users' access rights.
  • the present invention is also directed to providing an apparatus and method for providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right which can provide EPUB-based content to users using licenses issued in stages according to the users' access rights.
  • the present invention is also directed to providing a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for instructing a computer to execute a method of providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right which can provide EPUB-based content to users using licenses issued in stages according to the users' access rights.
  • One aspect of the present invention provides an apparatus for managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content, the apparatus including: an encryption unit configured to generate encrypted unit files by encrypting a plurality of unit files, included in content in the form of a compressed archive including the plurality of unit files, with different encryption keys, store the encrypted unit files in a content database, generate mapping data by mapping the encryption keys to pieces of identification information of the encrypted unit files, and store the mapping data in an encryption key database; and a rights management unit configured to transmit an encryption key selected from among the plurality of encryption keys to a content provision apparatus, which decrypts the encrypted unit files and provides the unit files to a user, based on at least one of identification information of the user and identification information of the content included in an encryption key provision request message received from the content provision apparatus.
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content, the method including: (a) generating encrypted unit files by encrypting a plurality of unit files, included in content in the form of a compressed archive including the plurality of unit files, with different encryption keys, storing the encrypted unit files in a content database, generating mapping data by mapping the encryption keys to pieces of identification information of the encrypted unit files, and storing the mapping data in an encryption key database; and (b) transmitting an encryption key selected from among the plurality of encryption keys to a content provision apparatus, which decrypts the encrypted unit files and provides the decrypted unit files to a user, based on at least one of identification information of the user and identification information of the content included in an encryption key provision request message received from the content provision apparatus.
  • an apparatus for providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right including: an encryption key request unit configured to access a digital rights management (DRM) apparatus of content, which is in the form of a compressed archive including a plurality of encrypted unit files generated by encrypting a plurality of unit files with different encryption keys, based on path information included in the content, and request the encryption keys for decrypting the encrypted unit files; a decryption unit configured to decrypt an encrypted unit file corresponding to an encryption key received from the DRM apparatus; and a display unit configured to render the decrypted unit file and output the rendered unit file through a display device.
  • DRM digital rights management
  • Another aspect of the present invention provides a method of providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right, the method including: (a) accessing a DRM apparatus of content, which is in the form of a compressed archive including a plurality of encrypted unit files generated by encrypting a plurality of unit files with different encryption keys, based on path information included in the content, and requesting the encryption keys for decrypting the encrypted unit files; (b) decrypting an encrypted unit file corresponding to an encryption key received from the DRM apparatus; and (c) rendering the decrypted unit file and outputting the rendered unit file through a display device.
  • An inventive apparatus and method for managing digital copyright on electronic publication (EPUB)-based content and an inventive apparatus and method for providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right provide a user with EPUB content whose components are encrypted with different encryption keys, and thus it is possible to adaptively provide the whole or a part of the EPUB content by setting the user's access right in stages.
  • EPUB digital copyright on electronic publication
  • XHTML extensible hypertext markup language
  • OEBPS open e-book publication structure
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show an example of the detailed content of a "content.opf' file.
  • an identification is given to each XHTML file to be displayed on a display device, and in a ⁇ spine> element, the display order of XHTML files is set.
  • a "coverpage.xhtml” file is displayed on a display device, and then, "part2.xhtml” and "part3.xhtml” files are sequentially displayed.
  • XHTML files included in the OEBPS directory of FIG. 1 include content that will be actually displayed through a display device and provided to a user.
  • presentation of EPUB content may vary according to the form of a display device, such as an EPUB reader.
  • content included in one XHTML file may be shown on one page in an A display device and in several pages on a B display device.
  • pieces of content included in different XHTML files are displayed on a display device
  • the pieces of content are separately displayed on different pages regardless of the lengths of the pieces of content included in the files.
  • FIG. 2 when a "part3.xhtml” file is output to a display device after a "part2.xhtml” file is output, the content of the "part2.xhtml” file is displayed on one page and the content of the "part3.xhtml” file is forcibly displayed in the next page regardless of the length of the "part2.xhtml” file.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 show examples of configurations of XHTML files.
  • FIG. 4 shows an XHTML file including content for outputting a cover page of an e-book on a display device, and an "images/cover.jpg" file is displayed as a cover of an e-book on a display device.
  • FIG. 5 shows an XHTML file including content corresponding to the body of EPUB content, and the body content of an e-book is displayed on a display device.
  • An apparatus for managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content (referred to as a "digital rights management (DRM) apparatus" below) according to the present invention effectively encrypts all pieces of EPUB content while conforming to the above-described standard of EPUB-based e-books, and makes it possible to partially access the content of an e-book according to a user's access right.
  • the DRM apparatus may be implemented in a content server that receives a content provision request from a program installed in a content play device through which a user can be provided with EPUB content, such as an EPUB reader or a computer having a display device, and provides encrypted content.
  • an apparatus for providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right may be implemented in the form of an EPUB reader, a content play device, or a program. After requesting content from a content server, the content provision apparatus may decrypt encrypted content and display the content, thereby providing the content to a user.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a system for providing EPUB-based content including both a DRM apparatus and a content provision apparatus according to the present invention.
  • a content provision system includes a DRM apparatus 100 and a content provision apparatus 200 according to the present invention.
  • the DRM apparatus 100 encrypts content to be provided to a user, preferably, EPUB-based content, and stores the encrypted content in a content database 300.
  • An encryption key used for encryption is stored in an encryption key database 400.
  • the DRM apparatus 100 determines the user's right using user identification information included in the encryption key provision request, and transmits the encryption key to the content provision apparatus 200 according to a determination result.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 reads the encrypted content from the content database 300 at the user's request, decrypts the content, and outputs the decrypted content through a display device 500, thereby providing the content to the user.
  • the encryption key used in decryption may be acquired by transmitting an encryption key provision request message to the DRM apparatus 100, and the content provision apparatus 200 includes the user identification information in the encryption key provision request message and thus can provide the user with the whole or a part of the content using the encryption key adaptively provided according to the user's access right to the content.
  • FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the DRM apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the DRM apparatus 100 includes an encryption unit 110 and a rights management unit 120.
  • the encryption unit 110 encrypts content in the form of a compressed archive including a plurality of unit files, such as EPUB-based content, and stores the encrypted content in the content database 300. Also, the encryption unit 110 stores an encryption key used to encrypt the content in the encryption key database 400.
  • the plurality of unit files included in the content are encrypted with different encryption keys, and the encryption keys are mapped to identification numbers of the unit files encrypted by the encryption keys, so that mapping data is generated. Subsequently, the mapping data is stored in the encryption key database 400. In the mapping data, the plurality of encryption keys are mapped to the identification numbers of the plurality of encrypted unit files on a one-to-one basis.
  • EPUB content includes a plurality of XHTML files, and thus the encryption unit 110 generates as many encryption keys as the number of XHTML files to encrypt each of the XHTML files. This is intended to enable a user to access the content in stages according to the user's access right.
  • an "encryption.xml” file which is an encryption information file including information on keys and an algorithm used for encryption, etc., upon encryption of content in connection with copyright protection of EPUB-based content.
  • the encryption unit 110 does not include the generated encryption keys directly in the "encryption.xml” file but stores the generated encryption keys in the encryption key database 400.
  • the encryption unit 110 records only the user acquiring the EPUB-based content, that is, information on a path in which the content provision apparatus 200 can acquire the encryption keys, in the "encryption.xml” file by linking the user to the "encryption.xml” file.
  • the path information for acquiring the encryption keys denotes address information, etc., enabling access to the DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • the encryption unit 110 analyzes the structure of the EPUB content, and selects components to be encrypted, that is, unit files constituting the EPUB content. A process of separating each component from the EPUB content is performed in stream units, and each stream is encrypted with a randomly generated symmetric key-encryption key.
  • FIG. 8 shows an example of encryption-target components in an OEBPS directory.
  • all files other than "content.opf' in an OEBPS directory can be encrypted with different encryption keys.
  • content encryption key 1 (CEK1) to CEK7 denote different CEKs.
  • the encryption unit 110 generates mapping data by mapping the encryption keys used in the encryption process of respective streams to identification information of the streams on a one-to-one basis, and then stores the generated mapping data in the encryption key database 400.
  • the encryption unit 110 structuralizes the encrypted streams as components of the EPUB content, and then stores the structuralized streams in the content database 300 according to an EPUB content standard.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 that displays content to provide the content to a user accesses the content database 300 and reads an encrypted EPUB file by downloading the encrypted EPUB file or using other methods.
  • the read EPUB file is decrypted and then displayed through the display device 500, thus being provided to the user.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 should be additionally provided with information relating to the encryption keys from the DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention and decrypt the respective components of the encrypted EPUB content.
  • the rights management unit 120 transmits a selected encryption key among the plurality of encryption keys to the content provision apparatus 100 based on identification information of the user included in an encryption key provision request received from the content provision apparatus 200. At this time, the rights management unit 120 encrypts the selected encryption key, and may provide the encryption key by issuing a license including information on an EPUB content corresponding to the encryption key to the content provision apparatus 200.
  • a user Since the plurality of encryption keys corresponding to the XHTML files have been used when the encryption unit 110 encrypts the EPUB content, a user requires all the encryption keys used for encryption to see the whole EPUB content. Using this condition, in the present invention, a user's access right to content is determined from identification information of the user, and all or some of the encryption keys are provided according to the access right, so that the user can access only a part of the content in some cases.
  • the rights management unit 120 determines an encryption key to be transmitted to the content provision apparatus 200 based on at least one of the content identification information and the user identification information included in the encryption key provision request message. To this end, a user authentication process of determining whether or not the user has a right to access the content from at least one of the user identification information and the content identification information is performed. User authentication may be directly performed by the rights management unit 120, or performed by a separate user authentication module (not shown) at a request of the rights management unit 120.
  • the rights management unit 120 requests user authentication by transmitting at least one of the content identification information and the user identification information included in the encryption key provision request message, and the user authentication module (not shown) provides a user authentication result to the rights management unit 120.
  • the user authentication result includes whether or not the user can access the EPUB content, whether or not the user can access the whole EPUB content when the user can access the EPUB content, information on accessible content components when the user can access only a part of the EPUB content, and so on.
  • access rights set in advance according to respective pieces of user identification information may be stored according to pieces of content, and such information may be stored in the user authentication module (not shown) or a separate content management module (not shown).
  • the rights management unit 120 directly performs user authentication, or selects an encryption key to be transmitted to the content provision apparatus 200 from among the plurality of encryption keys in order to issue a license according to a user authentication result obtained from the user authentication module (not shown) performing user authentication.
  • the user has a right to access only some components of the content, it is possible to select encryption keys corresponding to the identification information of accessible XHTML files from the encryption key database 400.
  • the rights management unit 120 selects no encryption key and can transmit only a license issuance rejection message indicating that no encryption key can be provided to the content provision apparatus 200.
  • the rights management unit 120 may acquire a selected encryption key from the encryption key database 400, encrypt the encryption key, and then insert the encrypted encryption key in the license.
  • user authentication information such as a public key and a certificate of the user, can be used for encryption of the encryption key.
  • the rights management unit 120 can insert a component of the EPUB content corresponding to the encrypted encryption key, that is, information on an XHTML file encrypted with the encryption key, in the license, and may map the user's usage right of the content to the encrypted encryption key and the corresponding XHTML file information.
  • the rights management unit 120 encrypts the license and transmits the encrypted license to the content provision apparatus 200.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 decrypts the issued license, decrypts the encryption key included in the license with user information, and uses the encryption key to decrypt the EPUB content.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 decrypts only XHTML files corresponding to the included encryption keys and outputs the XHTML files to the display device 500, so that the user can see only a part of the EPUB content.
  • the user can be provided with the whole EPUB content through the display device 500.
  • FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the content provision apparatus 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 can be implemented in the form of different terminal devices, such as an EPUB reader or a computer, and may be implemented in the form of a recording medium storing an application program.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 includes an encryption key request unit 210, a decryption unit 220, and a display unit 230.
  • the encryption key request unit 210 reads content in the form of a compressed archive including a plurality of encrypted unit files generated by encrypting a plurality of unit files from the content database 300, accesses a management server that supplies content, that is, the DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention, based on path information included in the content to request encryption keys for decrypting the respective encrypted unit files.
  • the encryption key request unit 210 transmits at least one of content identification information and user identification information, so that the DRM apparatus 100 can determine a user's access right to content. Also, the encryption key request unit 210 can transmit user information that will be used by the DRM apparatus 100 to encrypt encryption keys together with an encryption key provision request message.
  • the decryption unit 220 decrypts respective components of the EPUB content, that is, the encrypted unit files, using an encryption key included in a license issued by the DRM apparatus 100.
  • an encryption key is included together with information on an encrypted component corresponding to the encryption key and information on a usage right enabling access to the corresponding component, and can be used in the decryption process.
  • the decryption unit 220 cannot process the EPUB content, and thus the process of processing the EPUB content is finished as it is.
  • the decryption unit 220 analyzes the structure of the EPUB content to analyze a non-encrypted opf file first, lists components included in the opf file in display order of the respective components, and then decrypts the respective components.
  • the decryption unit 220 decrypts and analyzes a style sheet first and then a table of contents (TOC). Subsequently, the decryption unit 220 decrypts resource components, such as an image. Lastly, XHTML files including the body of the EPUB content are decrypted and analyzed.
  • TOC table of contents
  • the decryption process is repeatedly performed until all encryption keys included in the license are used or all the components of the EPUB content are decrypted.
  • the display unit 230 outputs a stream obtained by the decryption unit 220 decrypting a component of the EPUB content through the display device 500, thereby providing the stream to the user.
  • a rendering process is performed.
  • the rendering process can be performed by a separate renderer (not shown) or the display unit 230.
  • an XHTML file is mapped to usage rights for reading, printing, editing, etc., in the decryption process, and thus these usage rights are taken into consideration during rendering.
  • the display unit 230 may output an XHTML file corresponding to the page to the display device 500 so that the XHTML file is displayed on a screen in a read-only state.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of encrypting content and storing the encrypted content in a method of managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. This process can be performed by the above-described DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • the DRM apparatus 100 separates unit files, which are components of content in the form of a compressed archive including the plurality of unit files, preferably, EPUB-based content, into the form of streams (S1010).
  • the DRM apparatus 100 When the separated components are encryption targets (S1020), the DRM apparatus 100 generates encryption keys corresponding to the components (S1030), and encrypts the components in the form of streams with the generated encryption keys (S1040). Therefore, the plurality of components included in the EPUB content can be decrypted with the different encryption keys.
  • the encryption keys used for encryption are stored in the encryption key database 400 together with the identification information of the corresponding components (S1050).
  • the DRM apparatus 100 structuralizes the encrypted streams according to the structure of the EPUB standard (S1070), and stores the structuralized streams in the content database 300 (S1080).
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process of issuing a license to use content in a method of managing digital copyright on EPUB-based content according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the license issuance process can also be performed by the above-described DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
  • the DRM apparatus 100 determines a user's access right to EPUB content based on at least one of content identification information and user identification information included in an encryption key provision request message for decrypting the EPUB content (S1110).
  • the DRM apparatus 100 adaptively selects encryption keys that will be provided to the user by the encryption key database 400 according to the user's access right (S1120).
  • S1120 the user's access right
  • the DRM apparatus 100 encrypts the selected encryption keys, and then inserts the encrypted encryption keys in a license together with information on the corresponding components and information on the user's usage right of the content (S1130).
  • a process of encrypting an encryption key and inserting the encrypted key in a license is performed for each of the selected encryption keys in sequence, and when all the selected encryption keys are inserted in the license (S1 140), the DRM apparatus 100 encrypts the license (S1150), and transmits the encrypted license to the content provision apparatus 200 (S1160).
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a method of providing EPUB-based content according to a user's right according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the process illustrated in FIG. 12 can be performed by the above-described content provision apparatus 200 according to the present invention.
  • the content provision apparatus 200 reads EPUB content corresponding to a request of a user from the content database 300 according to an input of the user (S1210). Since the read EPUB content consists of encrypted components, the content provision apparatus 200 includes at least one of content identification information and user identification information in an encryption key provision request message and transmits the encryption key provision request message to the DRM apparatus 100 according to the present invention (S1220).
  • the content provision apparatus 200 extracts encryption keys and rights information from the issued license (S1240), and lists encrypted components of the EPUB content in display order of the components set in advance as an opf file in the EPUB content (S1250).
  • the components are decrypted with the encryption keys in list order (S1260), and the content provision apparatus 200 renders the decrypted components and outputs the rendered components to the display device 500 (S1270), so that the user can be provided with the whole or a part of the EPUB content.
  • the present invention can be implemented as computer-readable codes in a computer-readable recording medium.
  • the computer-readable recording medium includes all types of recording media storing data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a compact disc ROM (CD-ROM), a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage, and so on.
  • the computer-readable recording medium can also be implemented in the form of carrier waves (e.g., transmission via the Internet).
  • the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed to computer systems connected via a network, in which computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

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  1. Vorrichtung zur Verwaltung digitaler Rechte (DRM), die zur Verwaltung digitaler Urheberrechte (100) dient, mit:
    einer Verschlüsselungseinheit (110), die ausgebildet ist, verschlüsselte Einheitsdateien zu erzeugen, indem mehrere Einheitsdateien, die in einem Inhalt enthalten sind, mit unterschiedlichen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln verschlüsselt werden, die verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien als Komponenten des Inhalts in einer Form eines komprimierten Archivs zu strukturieren, die verschlüsselten und strukturierten Einheitsdateien in einer Inhaltsdatenbank (300) zu speichern, Zuordnungsdaten zu erzeugen, indem die Verschlüsselungsschlüssel Teilen einer Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien zugeordnet werden, die Zuordnungsdaten in einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsseldatenbank (400) zu speichern, und Information über einen Pfad aufzuzeichnen, auf den durch eine Inhaltsbereitstellungsvorrichtung (200) zugegriffen werden kann, um die Verschlüsselungsschlüssel in einer Verschlüsselungsinformationsdatei zu erhalten, die erzeugt wird, wenn die mehreren Einheitsdateien verschlüsselt werden; und
    einer Rechteverwaltungseinheit (120), die ausgebildet ist, mindestens einen oder mehrere Verschlüsselungsschlüssel der mehreren Verschlüsselungsschlüssel auf der Grundlage einer Identifizierungsinformation des Benutzers und/oder einer Identifizierungsinformation des in einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsselbereitstellungsanforderungsnachricht enthaltenen Inhalts, die aus der Inhaltsbereitstellungsvorrichtung empfangen wird, auszuwählen, und eine Lizenz einschließlich von Information über die Komponenten des Inhalts, die den ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln entsprechen, an die Inhaltsbereitstellungsvorrichtung zur Entschlüsselung der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien und zur Bereitstellung der Einheitsdateien für einen Benutzer zu senden.
  2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Rechteverwaltungseinheit (120) die ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel mit Authentifizierungsinformation des Benutzers entschlüsselt, und die Lizenz Information über eine verschlüsselte Einheitsdatei, die dem ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel entspricht, und den verschlüsselten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel enthält.
  3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei der Inhalt mit einem elektronischen Veröffentlichungs- (EPUB-) Standard konform ist, der von dem internationalen digitalen Veröffentlichungsforum (IDPF) festgelegt ist, und die Rechteverwaltungseinheit (120) jeden der ausgewählten verschlüsselten Schlüssel der Reihe nach in die Lizenz einfügt.
  4. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, wobei die Teile der Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien auf einer Eins-zu-Eins-Basis den Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln zugeordnet sind.
  5. Vorrichtung zur Bereitstellung von Inhalt (200), mit:
    einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsselanforderungseinheit (210), die ausgebildet ist, auf eine Vorrichtung (100) zur Verwaltung digitaler Rechte (DRM) von Inhalt auf der Grundlage einer Pfadinformation zuzugreifen, die in dem Inhalt enthalten ist, die als Komponenten des Inhalts strukturiert ist in einer Form eines komprimierten Archivs, das mehrere verschlüsselte Einheitsdateien enthält, die erzeugt sind, durch Verschlüsselung mehrerer Einheitsdateien mit unterschiedlichen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln, und ferner ausgebildet ist, mindestens einen oder mehrere Verschlüsselungsschlüssel zum Entschlüsseln der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien anzufordern;
    einer Entschlüsselungseinheit (220), die ausgebildet ist, mindestens eine oder mehrere verschlüsselte Einheitsdateien der mehreren verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien in einer Reihenfolge der Komponenten auf der Grundlage einer Lizenz und mindestens eines oder mehrerer Verschlüsselungsschlüssel, die aus der DRM-Vorrichtung empfangen werden, zu entschlüsseln, wobei die Lizenz Information über die Komponenten des Inhalts enthält, die dem mindestens einen oder den mehreren Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln entsprechen; und
    einer Anzeigeeinheit (230), die ausgebildet ist, die entschlüsselten Einheitsdateien auf der Grundlage der Lizenz als Bild zu erzeugen und die als Bild erzeugten Einheitsdateien durch eine Anzeigeeinrichtung auszugeben.
  6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Verschlüsselungsschlüsselanforderungseinheit eine Verschlüsselungsschlüsselbereitstellungsanforderungsnachricht, die eine Identifizierungsinformation eines Benutzers, für den der Inhalt bereitzustellen ist, und/oder Identifizierungsinformation des Inhalts und/oder Authentifizierungsinformation des Benutzers enthält, an die DRM-Vorrichtung sendet, und
    die Entschlüsselungseinheit die Entschlüsselungsschlüssel, die aus der DRM-Vorrichtung erhalten werden, mit der Authentifizierungsinformation entschlüsselt und die verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien unter Anwendung der entschlüsselten Entschlüsselungsschlüssel entschlüsselt.
  7. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, wobei die entsprechenden verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien Nutzungsrechten in dem Inhalt zugeordnet sind, und
    die Anzeigeeinheit die entschlüsselten Einheitsdateien entsprechend den Nutzungsrechten ausgibt.
  8. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, wobei der Inhalt zu einem elektronischen Veröffentlichungs- (EPUB-) Standard konform ist, der von dem internationalen digitalen Veröffentlichungsforum (IDPF) festgelegt ist, und
    die Entschlüsselungseinheit die Einheitsdateien in der Anzeigereihenfolge der Einheitsdateien, die in dem Inhalt enthalten sind, auflistet und die Einheitsdateien der Reihe nach entsprechend den empfangenen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln entschlüsselt.
  9. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5 oder 6, wobei Teile der Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien auf einer Eins-zu-Eins-Basis den Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln zugeordnet sind.
  10. Verfahren zur Verwaltung digitaler Urheberrechte, mit:
    (a) Erzeugen (S1030) verschlüsselter Einheitsdateien durch Verschlüsseln mehrerer Einheitsdateien, die in einem Inhalt enthalten sind, mit unterschiedlichen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln, Strukturieren (S1070) der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien als Komponenten des Inhalts in einer Form eines komprimierten Archivs, Speichern (S1080) der verschlüsselten und strukturierten Einheitsdateien in einer Inhaltsdatenbank (300), Erzeugen von Zuordnungsdaten durch Zuordnen der Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln zu Teilen einer Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien, Speichern der Zuordnungsdaten in einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsseldatenbank (400), und Aufzeichnen von Information über einen Pfad, auf den eine Inhaltenbereitstellungsvorrichtung (200) zugreifen kann, um die Verschlüsselungsschlüssel in einer Verschlüsselungsinformationsdatei zu erhalten, die erzeugt wird, wenn die mehreren Einheitsdateien verschlüsselt werden; und
    (b) Auswählen (S1120) mindestens eines oder mehrerer Verschlüsselungsschlüssel der mehreren Verschlüsselungsschlüssel auf der Grundlage einer Identifizierungsinformation des Benutzers und/oder einer Identifizierungsinformation des Inhalts, die in einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsselbereitstellungsanforderungsnachricht enthalten sind, die aus der Inhaltsbereitstellungsvorrichtung empfangen wird, und Senden (S1160) einer Lizenz einschließlich von Information über die Komponenten des Inhalts, die den ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln entsprechen, an die Inhaltsbereitstellungsvorrichtung, die die verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien entschlüsselt und die Einheitsdateien für einen Benutzer bereitstellt.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10, wobei Schritt (b) beinhaltet: Verschlüsseln der ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel mit Authentifizierungsinformation des Benutzers, und wobei die Lizenz Information über eine Einheitsdatei, die dem ausgewählten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel entspricht, und den verschlüsselten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel enthält.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, wobei der Inhalt konform ist zu einem elektronischen Veröffentlichungs- (EPUB-) Standard, der von dem internationalen digitalen Veröffentlichungsforum (IDPF) festgelegt wird, und
    Schritt (b) ferner beinhaltet: Einfügen, der Reihe nach, jedes der ausgewählten verschlüsselten Schlüssel in die Lizenz.
  13. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, wobei die Teile der Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien und die Verschlüsselungsschlüssel, die in den Zuordnungsdaten enthalten sind, einander auf Basis einer Eins-zu-Eins-Zuordnung zugeordnet werden.
  14. Verfahren zur Bereitstellung von Inhalt, mit:
    (a) Zugreifen auf eine Vorrichtung (100) zur Verwaltung digitaler Rechte (DRM) von Inhalt auf der Grundlage einer Pfadinformation, die in dem Inhalt enthalten ist, der als Komponenten des Inhalts in der Form eines komprimierten Archivs strukturiert ist, das mehrere verschlüsselte Einheitsdateien enthält, die erzeugt werden, indem mehrere Einheitsdateien mit unterschiedlichen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln verschlüsselt werden, und indem mindestens einer oder mehrere Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln zum Entschlüsseln der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien angefordert werden;
    (b) Entschlüsseln (S1260) mindestens einer oder mehrerer verschlüsselter Einheitsdateien der mehreren verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien in einer Reihenfolge der Komponenten auf der Grundlage einer Lizenz und mindestens eines oder mehrerer Verschlüsselungsschlüssel, die aus der DRM-Vorrichtung empfangen werden, wobei die Lizenz Information über die Komponenten des Inhalts, die dem mindestens einen oder den mehreren Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln entsprechen, enthält; und
    (c) Erzeugen (S1270) der entschlüsselten Einheitsdateien als Bild auf der Grundlage der Lizenz und Ausgeben der als Bild erzeugten Einheitsdateien durch eine Anzeigeeinrichtung (230).
  15. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14, wobei Schritt (a) beinhaltet: Senden einer Verschlüsselungsschlüsselbereitstellungsanforderungsnachricht, die eine Identifizierungsinformation eines Benutzers, für den der Inhalt bereitzustellen ist, und/oder eine Identifizierungsinformation des Inhalts und/oder eine Authentifizierungsinformation des Benutzers enthält, an die DRM-Vorrichtung, und
    wobei Schritt (b) beinhaltet: Entschlüsseln der aus der DRM-Vorrichtung empfangenen Verschlüsselungsschlüssel mit der Authentifizierungsinformation, und Entschlüsseln der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien unter Anwendung der entschlüsselten Verschlüsselungsschlüssel.
  16. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14 oder 15, wobei in dem Inhalt die jeweiligen verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien Nutzungsrechten zugeordnet werden, und
    Schritt (c) beinhaltet: Ausgeben der entschlüsselten Einheitsdateien entsprechend den Nutzungsrechten.
  17. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14 oder 15, wobei der Inhalt konform ist zu einem elektronischen Veröffentlichungs- (EPUB-) Standard, der von dem internationalen digitalen Veröffentlichungsforum (IDPF) festgelegt ist, und
    Schritt (b) beinhaltet: Auflisten der Einheitsdateien in der Anzeigereihenfolge der Einheitsdateien, die in dem Inhalt enthalten sind, und Entschlüsseln der Einheitsdateien der Reihe nach entsprechend den empfangenen Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln.
  18. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14 oder 15, wobei Teile der Identifizierungsinformation der verschlüsselten Einheitsdateien den Verschlüsselungsschlüsseln auf einer Eins-zu-Eins-Basis zugeordnet werden.
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